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Frenchman joined American forces on D-Day to help free his homeland

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press
In this photo dated May 8, Bernard Dargols poses during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in La Garenne-Colombes, outside Paris, France. When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade....

Associated Press
This photo dated December 1944, provided by Dargols' family, shows Bernard Dargols near Aachen in Germany. When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade. Six years later, Bernard Dargols found himself...

PARIS—When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade. Six years later, Bernard Da...